Our department’s rigorous and comprehensive curriculum means that expectations are high, with the aim of cultivating students with strong critical thinking, writing, and communication skills. The size of our program offers students the chance to take classes in areas not typically found at liberal arts colleges. Whether it's American government, international studies, politics of other countries, or political philosophy, you can design a multi-faceted degree program to suit your interests. And our faculty provides students with exceptional individual attention, guiding them in developing the capacity to establish their own research agenda.

Major requirements

From declaring your major to determining which courses best suit your career path, learn what's required to obtain a degree in political science. Study with us.

Mock trial program

The tocqueville Program

The Tocqueville Program sponsors a popular student seminar in political thought, and
brings some of the nation's most prominent scholars and intellectuals
to campus for public lectures. Find out more about The Tocqueville Program.

Global experience

At Furman, your education extends beyond our lecture halls. Every year, we send dozens of students on study away trips to Washington, D.C., Brussels, and elsewhere. Study away with us.​

Connect with Admission

Furman is one of the nation's premier liberal arts and sciences universities. We offer our students The Furman Advantage—an over-arching approach to education that promises every student a four-year personalized pathway, a team of advisors and mentors, and the opportunity for an engaged learning experience that is tracked and integrated with the students' academic and professional goals.

Undergraduate Evening Studies provides adults the opportunity to receive an education from one of the premier liberal arts universities in the nation.

Whether you are starting or continuing your education, or have been away from the classroom for a few months or several years, our program provides many services to assist you with accomplishing your educational and professional goals.